JAP 360 and US model 250GB Hard Drives , works ?

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Re: JAP 360 and US model 250GB Hard Drives , works ?

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jfrost wrote:Why is "Jap" offensive? (I really don't know, I'm curious.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jap
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Wikipedia wrote: Some in the United States Marine Corps tried to combine the word "Japs" with "apes" to create a new description, "Japes", for the Japanese; this neologism never became popular.
Wonder why Nintendo called the Donkey Kong 64/Super Smash Bros. Melee level "Jungle Japes"...
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Re: JAP 360 and US model 250GB Hard Drives , works ?

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Hobie-wan wrote:
jfrost wrote:Why is "Jap" offensive? (I really don't know, I'm curious.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jap
Thanks.
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